The wheels needed a strip down. The plan is/was........
Remove the hub from the rear rim and put it into the wider replacement rim I've bought so I can get a bigger tyre up back. Then re-lace the front hub into the rear rim........you following me...

The rear hub had become attached to the spokes after a very long relationship, and they did not want to divorce without a fight :welder:......eventually managed to get them all in the right places. Will get some stainless replacements on order but for the time being the old rusty ones will be used during the build.